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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI
NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2014, 5:23 PM CDT for Dodge County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2014, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS La Crosse, WI
County Dodge County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 104 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 666 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 825 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 28, 1:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 1:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 1214 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 WIZ017-029-034-042>044-055-291100- TAYLOR-CLARK-JACKSON-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-RICHLAND- 1214 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST INTO NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG...PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND SMALL HAIL. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. A GREATER THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL LIE WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...FLASH FLOODING...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. MORE SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER THE LOCATION AND TIMING IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO THE FOURTH OF JULY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN WHETHER THERE WILL BE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. FLOOD WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS WEEKEND. RAINFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ032-033-041- 053-054-061-291100- MITCHELL-HOWARD-WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-FAYETTE- CLAYTON-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-WINONA-MOWER-FILLMORE-HOUSTON- BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-LA CROSSE-VERNON-CRAWFORD-GRANT- 1214 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK EAST ACROSS THE AREA FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MID EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS ARE DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING. LARGE HAIL COULD ALSO OCCUR...ALONG WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO THREAT. THREAT TIME IS FROM 4 TO 10 PM. FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...FLASH FLOODING...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. MORE SEVERE WEATHER COULD OCCUR ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER THE LOCATION AND TIMING IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO THE FOURTH OF JULY...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DISCERN WHETHER THERE WILL BE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. FLOOD WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SOME SPOTTER GROUPS MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 4 AND 10 PM THIS EVENING. FURTHER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. RAINFALL REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO WEBINAR IS SCHEDULED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 28, 4:27 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 523 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 MNZ086-282315- DODGE- 523 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 2014 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO DODGE COUNTY... AT 522 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OWATONNA TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAYWARD TO NEAR NORA SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WIND GUSTS 35 TO 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE INTO DODGE COUNTY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DODGE CENTER...MANTORVILLE...KASSON...HAYFIELD...WEST CONCORD... CLAREMONT...BLOOMING PRAIRIE...WASIOJA...CONCORD...OSLO...AND EDEN TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4420 9305 4419 9268 4385 9268 4385 9305 TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 206DEG 45KT 4410 9320 4356 9313 4310 9306 ZT
The office that day
Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 78 min |
| Jun 28, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 92 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.